Improvement in bars for horseshoe-blanks



T. H. CARHUTHEBS '& W. RUSSELL.

Bars for Horseshoe Blanks. I

NQ.]5],09]| PatentedMayl9,1'874.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS H. GARRUTHERS AND WILLIAM RUSSELL, or GINOINNATI, OHIO,

ASSIGNORS TO THE DAY & RUSSELL HORSESHOE COMPANY, OF GOV- INGTON, KENTUCKY.

IMPROVEMENT IN EARS FOR HORSESHOE-BLANKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 151,091, dated May 19, 1874; application filed March '21, 1874.

To an whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, THOMAS H. OARRUTH- ERS and VVILLIAlVL RUssELL, both of Cincinnati, Hamilton county, State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Horseshoe-Bars, of which the following is a specification:

Our invention relates to the formation, in cross section, of rolled bars for horseshoe blanks; and consists of a composite form embracing, first, a broad fiat side for the tread or face of the shoe; second, a beveled edge for the convenient introduction of the necessary nail-crease; and, third, 2. chamfered face or side to meet the horses foot, so as to give the proper relief under the frog of the foot.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a horseshoe made from our improved form of bar. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the bar before bending. Figs. 3 and 4 are cross sections of our improved bar. Fig. 5 is a cross section of a shoe made from our improved bar, and applied to a horses foot.

Our improved bar embraces essentially, besides the inner edge, three sides, of such shape and in such relation to each other as that it has, in combination, a broad flat side, a, for

the tread or face of the shoe; a chamfered face, I), to meet the foot of the horse, so as to give proper relief for the frog; and a beveled or rounded face, a, for the convenient intro duction of the nail-crease. The bar may be rolled, as shown in crosssection in Fig. 4:, plain; or may be rolled, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, with a preliminary crease, cl, to facilitate the accurate formation of the nail'crease. The inner edge, 0, of the bar is of the customary shapethat is, a right line at right angles to THOMAS H. OARRUTHERS. WILLIAM RUSSELL.

Witnesses:

R. M. HUNTER,

J. L. WVARTMAN. 

